What the Security Council calls erosion, the continent has lived as the working condition for eighty years.
The UN Charter is facing one of its gravest tests in decades, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday.
While Guterres warns of a "dangerous erosion" of world order, the real question is whether Africa should mourn the collapse of a system that has consistently failed the continent for 80 years. The UN's hand-wringing over geopolitical divisions conveniently ignores how this same "multilateral system" has perpetuated extractive relationships, legitimized interventions, and relegated African voices to the margins of global decision-making. Perhaps what the West calls erosion, Africa should recognize as opportunity, a chance to build new frameworks that actually serve continental interests rather than merely managing them.
While Guterres warns of a "dangerous erosion" of world order, the real question is whether Africa should mourn the collapse of a system that has consistently failed the continent for 80 years. The UN's hand-wringing over geopolitical divisions conveniently ignores how this same "multilateral system" has perpetuated extractive relationships, legitimized interventions, and relegated African voices to the margins of global decision-making. Perhaps what the West calls erosion, Africa should recognize as opportunity, a chance to build new frameworks that actually serve continental interests rather than merely managing them.
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